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Nika Talbot ✨ retweeted
Freelance Nov26: What does the Budget mean for freelances? - not earth-shattering
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My husband has used AI agents to revive old fonts, ornaments, & cuts from 19th century newspapers. The agents even built an editor where you can create your own invitations/pamphlets/cards using old cuts & fonts. Have been using it for @Quillette invitations already
font-revival.com/
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The NUJ has reiterated reporting guidance on assisted dying ahead of the second reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in Westminster tomorrow.
Read: nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-reit…
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#AI and the #Enshitification of the Media with #CoryDoctorow - book your tickets for our event on 2 September now. Discounts for #NUJ members, students and members of other unions (details in the description). @NUJofficial nuj.org.uk/learn/ems-event-c…
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📣 Ways to make journalism pay - 10 Oct
Ready to dive into the world of journalism and discover smart strategies for turning your passion into pounds? Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, come connect, learn, and get inspired!
Book now: londonfreelance.org/fl/2608m…
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📆 Making Freelance Journalism Pay - save the date!
Sat 10 Oct, London
Paid opp for a member - we need a little help with refreshments (any food writers here!?)
Please send your proposal and questions to [email protected] by 1 Sept.
londonfreelance.org/fl/2607f…
Nika Talbot ✨ retweeted
Could not stop laughing. A tapestry with Kane, Bellingham, Mbappé, Olise would look lovely. #bayeux part 2
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For those of you still lurking here: I'm now a deputy editor of the Long Read at the Guardian. Very excited to be at the home of such consistently excellent long-form reportage and essays. To journalists and other writers who'd like to contribute: pitch me!
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📢FREELANCE JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR nominations are open now! rorypecktrust.org/awards/
Huge thanks to our insurance partners mib part of Howden Insurance, for making this happen ✨mediainsurance.com/
🏆It’s back for a 2nd year!
Inviting your nominations for the mib Howden Freelance Journalist of the Year award.
This special prize recognises an outstanding #freelance journalist (or small team).
Enter here rorypecktrust.org/awards/
Thank you to the team at Media Insurance Brokers (mib) part of Howden Insurance for supporting this Award.
Photo: Yousef Hammash and Rob Hodges of Channel 4 News collecting the inaugural prize on behalf of @zeherwael and Ebraheem Abu Ishaiba @Channel4News camera team based in Gaza.
ALT Rob Hodges and Yousef Hammash collecting the 2025 Award on behalf of @zeherwael and Ebraheem Abu Ishaiba Channel 4 News' camera team based in Gaza. At the 2025 #RoryPeckAwards in London.
Nika Talbot ✨ retweeted
Laura Davison on the NUJ's priorities - defending the ethical core of journalism. Industrial agreements are the way forward - fast and familiar.
"AI must not be used to shrink newsrooms and consign freelancers to poverty."
ALT NUJ Parliamentary Panel on the impact of AI on journalists and journalism.
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⏰ The impact of AI on journalists and journalism panel
Some sobering stats from Isabelle Doran @AssocPhoto
- 58% members have lost work to GenAI
- 98% members want to be compensated by AI orgs for use of their work
"We should be supporting not supplanting our creators"
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📆 New members meet - Thu 28 May
6.30 pm, Royal Festival Hall
Just joined Ldn Freelance? Come meet the team and make some inspiring connections.
RSVP: londonfreelance.org/fl/2605n…
#NUJLdnFreelance
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Our latest newsletter is here 👇
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🏆 See our 2026 #RoryPeckAwards categories
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📖 Read our latest impact report
🪖 Note our Training Manager's recommendations for advice for protection against drones.
Nika Talbot ✨ retweeted
Fees Guide update - not all bad news!
Freelancers - we urgently need you to tell us about your best rates - in strict confidence and anonymity. It helps us all negotiate a better #RateForTheJob
Submit here: londonfreelance.org/fl/2605f…
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Our exhibition marking #WorldPressFreedomDay has now come down. Hundreds of visitors passed by, some twice. We ended the week with a powerhouse panel discussion @SaharZand @YousefHammash & @HillSevn who shared their stories and passion with a packed room on Sunday, World Press Freedom Day. 🙏
Photo @ReutersUK / Marko Djurica
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Some clips from our vigil for fallen journalists on #IWMD 🧵1/3
"We're now going to read the names of our colleagues murdered doing their jobs in Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Syria.
"A full list — so it's going to take quite some time."
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Our silent protest album over AI & copyright is on display in the V&A ⬇️
Huge credit to the 1000+ musicians involved.
Government proposed weakening copyright law to benefit AI companies - still so thrilled they shelved that plan.
Don’t legalise theft!
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Via @nikatalbot : “How can you not be romantic about #journalism?” A question (and manifesto of sorts) from @joshi of @millmediauk & @LeaKorsgaard of @Zetland #ijf26 open.substack.com/pub/nikata…
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I packaged 97 of my media entrepreneur case studies into an ebook spanning 558 pages and over 200,000 words. I'm pretty confident there isn't another book on the market that's packed with this many insights for how to build a successful content business.
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Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary said: “The burden of fighting the far right must not fall on those who are most targeted by it. It is not the responsibility of those who experience racism and discrimination to fight these battles alone.
"The responsibility belongs to all of us. As members of the trade union movement, we have the power to organise, mobilise and show what true solidarity looks like.”
nuj.org.uk/resource/why-nuj-…